19/10/2015
I wasn't present on the half of that lesson so I can
only write about first 45 minutes. The first thing we did that lesson was
simple exercise: our teacher asked us what in our opinion is:
1.the most important sense
2.the one we could live without
3.the one that we like for some reason but is not the
most important
Most of the people agreed that the most important is
either touch or sight, but there was one person to whom the most important
sense was/is hear. At the first glance the idea of not feeling pain is
pretty cool; you wouldn’t have to suffer while wearing braces, smashing your
smallest toe on the corner of your desk, getting waxing done etc. When you
think about it and all the possible dangers you wouldn't feel it's getting
scarier. Simple example; first you wouldn't feel the pain of burning your
throat and tongue while drinking hot liquids and it might seem okay for 2 or 3
times but when you constantly burn your throat it may lead to the cancer and
cancer usually lead to death.
For the one we could live without everyone said either
smell or taste and it's simple. When the fall/ winter season come every year
majority of people catch a cold and end up with stuffed nose so they are not
able to enjoy much smells or tastes for about one month in the year.
I don't know how to write it in the way which will not
make it sound awkward or strange but i enjoy smelling. I really love the smell
of the air in the morning, the smell of the night, air smells differently in
every season which I find fascinating. I love the smell of freshly baked cake,
smell of the lavender. Every time I smell old perfume or the shampoo I used on vacations
4 years ago it brings back the memories.
It's really interesting that all of us have these 5
senses but we perceive the world in different way. I might love the deep red
color and the person next to me can say that this is the ugliest color they've
seen. Why? Both of us look at the same color, so why do we perceive it
differently?
We also seen some optical illusions and the video
which showed us that most of us are not able to identify the same color if it
is on a different background. So we start to think: Can we rely on our
senses?
